Alfred armstrong edward pennefather



March 8, 1932. A. A. E. PENNEFATHER 1,848,800

GARMENTS AND OTHER ARTICLES HANGER AND PRESS FOR Filed 001;. 51. 1929 Patented Mar. 8 1932 ENT; OFFIC ALFRED ARMSTRONG EDWARD rEn vEFATHE'R, or wnvrejnm ivnw 'znhLAm) .HANGER AND mmss r03 GARMENTS'AND OTHERYARTICLESV Application filed ctober 31, 1929,-Seria1 No. 403,878, and in New Zealand August 28, 1929.:

Thisfinventionfrelates to hangers and presses for garments such as coats and trousers, and has for-its object generally, the

provision of an improved device for hanging coats, vests, and trousers, the particular objectiof the invention being to provide ia form of, hanger, having incorporated therein suitable means for stretchingand press- I t ing trousers, and which maybe conveniently collapsed and packed, ina suitcase or the like, without occupying undue space, or adding materially to the weight and bulk of the travelling equipment. r 1 i u Acco'rdingto'theinvention, the improved {5 device comprises clamping means for articles to be pressed andstretched; guide meme bersadapted to be extended from saidclamping means; arod overwhich articles gripped by said means are folded, adapted to be 5;}; moved andheldin said guides to stretch said articles, and a hanger on which other articles can be hung, attached to said rod, for suspendingthefdevice and its load. Theinventionisillustrated in the accom- 2 5 panying drawings,and will be' more particularly described in conjunction therewith,

Fig. '1 being an elevation'showing the complete device extendedlor opened for use, while Fig. 2' is an end view of the device as represented inFig; 1, I

Fig.3 showing the device collapsed or' folded forpacking or stowing away, while 1 l Fig.4 is adetail cross sectional View (enlarged) on the lineA ArFig.

' Fig. 5 is a part elevation, and i p a Fig. 6 an end viewillustrating a'modified. form of thedevice. u :I I v 'A-centrebar l hasr projecting-from one side afpair ofscrewthreaded-studs 2,'and',from the opposite side a pair j of screw threaded studs'3, the latter being closer together than the studs' 2. fl bar t'theisa me length as the barl, is slotted atA to pass upon. thefstuds 5 2,..while a shorter barf 5*slotted-at5islca nuts 6 and 7 being'pla'ced on the studs'Qand respectivelyto enable the bars land to beclampedtothe centre bar 11 i v The slots' -ffaiid- 5 are made to open 7 t6 through edges of the arsa and 5, a "facili .at its lower end and cesses 12 at its upper end., V J Stays 13 pivoted at one end to the centre bar pable of being passed uponthefstuds3, wing I tate the passing ofthe latter upon the studs 2 -and 3, andiwhere the wing nuts 6 and 7 bear against the bars 4 and5, the latter are faced with metal plates 8slottedtoj conform 7 0 the slots l 'and 5 to prevent wear of said 211's. H r

Hingedto the ends of the centre bar 1 at 9? areguidemembers 9, each guide member containing a slot lOhaving an enlargement-l1 opening into side re- 1, and hooked at the otherend to engage projections lt'from the-guide members 9,-are pro- ';V1d8d for the urpos Of l Said bers 9 in extendedor opened position as illustrated in Fig. ,1. a 1 j A rod 15 'having'its ends projecting outwards through the slots 10 in the-guide mem-V bers 9, has mounted-thereon a roller 16,lo

cated between said guide members and is provided with collars 17-outside theflatter. Short lengths 18 of chain or otherflexible means detachably en aged wih rings 19" through said collars 1 are connected 'to'the extremities of a collapsible'wire-v hanger '20,

provided at its'centre with a hook-J21.-

. In order to press and stretch .a pair vof I trousers, the latter are folded along thefront and back creases, in the usual way, and with the rod 15 entered in the lower or innerrecesses 12in the'guidemembers 9, the'folded I waist or upper wide portion of the trousers. 1s grlpped-between-the centre and outer bars land- 4, thetrousers' then being folded over the roll-er 16 on the ,rod 15, andreturned to the clamping means, so that the bottoms of V jthetrouser legsfcan be gripped betweenthe centre bar land the shorter bar'5.-

7 '.With the trousers folded, [and gripped'between the bars 1, 4::an'df5, thefrod I g V .15 isforced outwards-in the guide members 9, or away -from the clamping means, to

tained on the latter. by entering the ends of the rod 15 in the upper or outer recesses 12.;

(Other articles, such as a coat and Vest, can

stretch the trousers, the tension beingmain l be placed on the. hanger 20,: and the device with the article s hereon suspended by the h ook 21 fromasuitablefixture,h j

In order to collapse or fold the device for packing in a suitcase or elsewhere, the rod 15 is lowered in the guide members 9, and thecollars 17 brought inwards through the enlargements 11 in said members to enable the rod 15 to be accommodated in the hollow upper edge 1 of the bar 1, following which the stays 13 are disengaged from the members 9, and dropped between the centre bar 1 and the short bar 5.

Thisleavesthe members9 free to be turned down one over the other on top of the bar 1 with the rod 15 therein, the hanger 20 then. being collapsed and accommodated between the bars 1 and 4E. L Y

Upon the wing nuts 6 and 7 being tightened and a securing band 22 placed around the folded device, the latter is in, the form of a compact package, as shown in Fig. 3, capable of being easily stowed in a suitcase or the like without taking up undue space, or materially increasing the weight thereof.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. and 6, the slotted guide members 9'are formed of wire and each member hasat itslower end an arm 23 adapted when the member is brought to the open or extended position, to engage in a spring catch 22 on the centre bar 1, for the purpose of retaining the memher in such open or extendedposition.

Also each wire member 9 has formed in its upper or outer end an inward bend or kink 24, in which eyebolts 25 swivelable in the ends of the rod 15 carrying the roller 16 an d slidable on the wireof the members 9, are adapted to rest, in order to maintain the rod and roller at the outer ends of-the members 9, when placing trousers over said rod and roller. V

The chains 18 of the hanger 20 are attached to the eyebolts 25', and upon the device being hung by the hook 21, said ey-ebolts pass upwards into corners 26 of the members 9, and cause a tension to be placed on the trousers which are folded over the rod 15 and roller 16 and gripped by the clamping bars 1, 4 and 5.

Owing to the eyebolts 2-5 swivelling in the 9 ends of the rod 15 the latter canbe dropped into the hollow upper edge 1 of the bar-1, and

the members 9 folded thereoverwithout disconnecting the rod from said members.

@What Ido claim and desireto obtain by Letters Patent of the United 4 States of America is v 1. A device for the purpose se'tforth comprising clamping meansfor articles to be pressed, guide members adapted to be extended from said clamping means, a rod over which particles gripped by said clamping means are folded adapted to be moved and held in said guide members to stretch said articles, a hanger on which-other articles can be placed attached to said rod for suspending the device and its, load, said clamping means comprising a center bar having screw threaded studs thereon, outer bars and wing nuts upon said studs and said center bar being formed with a hollow upper edge to accommodate said rod over which the articles are folded.

2. A device for the purpose set forth comprisingclamping means for articles to be pressed, guide members to be extended from said clamping means, a rod over which articles gripped by said means. are folded adapted to be moved and held in said guide members to stretch said articles, collars upon said rods, a hanger upon which other articles can be placed attached to said rod for suspending the device and its load, said hanger being collapsible and detachably connected with the rod by short lengths of chain engagingrings in the collars upon the rod end. 3. A device of theclass described comprising clamping means forarticles to be pressed and stretched, guide members adapted to be extended from said clamping means, a rod overwhich articles gripped by said means are folded, said rod being adapted to be moved and held in said guide members to stretch said articles, a hanger upon which other articles may be placed attached to said rod for suspending the device and its load, said guide members being slotted to receive the end of saidrod and said guide members containing recesses for receiving the rod end, collars upon the ends of said rods to maintain saidguide members and rod in position and also enlargements in said slotted guide members through which said collars on the rod can be passed.

4. A device of the classdescribed comprising clamping means for articles'to be pressed and stretched, guide'members adapted to be extended from said clamping means, a rod over which articles gripped by said means are folded, said. rod being adapted to be moved and'held in said guide members to stretch said articles, a hanger upon which other articles may be placed attached to said rod for suspending the device and its load, said guide members being hinged to said clamping means to fold over the same and staysto hold said guide members in their open or extended positions. I I 5; A device'of the class described comprising clamping means for articles to bepressed and. stretched,guide members adapted to be extended from said clamping means, a rod over which articles gripped by said means are folded, said'rod being adapted to be moved and held in said guide members to stretch said articles, a hanger upon which other articles maybe placed attached to said rod for suspending the device and its load, said rod'hav- 6. A device of the class described comprising clamping means for articles to be pressed and stretched, guide members adapted to be 1 i extended from said clamping means, a rod over which articles gripped by said means are folded, said rod'being adapted to be moved and held in said guide members to stretch I 7 said articles, a hanger upon which other artlcles may be placed attached to said rod for suspending the device and its load,spring catches on a bar of said clamping means, said guide members being provided at their inner ends with arms adapted to engage in said spring catches.

7. A device of the class described compris-' ing clamping means for articles to be pressed and stretched, guidemembers adapted to be extended from said clamping means, a rod over which articles gripped by said means are folded, said rod being adapted to be moved and held in said guide members to stretch said articles, a hanger. upon which other articles may be placed attached to said rod for suspending the device audits-load, said guide members being formed of wire and eye bolts swivelly secured in said rod andsaid 'eyebolts being slidable on the wire of said guide members.

8. A device of the class described c0mprising clamping means for articles to be pressed and stretched, guide members adapted to be extended from said clamping means, a rod over which articles gripped by said means are folded, said rod being adapted to be moved and held in said guide members to stretch said articles, a hanger upon which other article may be placed attached to said.

rod for suspending the device and it's load,

directed at their outer ends.

and said guide members being inwardly" In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

ALFRED ARMSTRONG EDWARD PENNEFATHER. 

